A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- BA
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- Total credits (published)
- 34
- Credits (computed from items)
- 36
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 215062
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_215062_ccd81539
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Curriculum
0 items
College General Education Requirements and Free Electives
general education · 1 item
- Foundational Approaches + Sectors 1 + Free ElectivcesNot resolved to a course20
Major Requirements
major core · 0 items
Core Courses
major core · 3 items
- 1
- 1
- 1
Breadth Requirements
1 item
- Students are required to take at least 2 courses in each of 3 substantive areas: the criminal justice system, systems of stratification, and social problems and policy.Not resolved to a course6
1. The Criminal Justice System (2 CU)
7 items
2. Systems of Stratification (2 CU - Must be in different areas. For example, if you take one course under "Race and Ethnicity," the other must be under "Immigration," "Social Stratification," or "Gender")
0 items
a. Race and Ethnicity
5 items
- or: SOCI 0003 Sociology of Race and Ethnicityor: SOCI 2907 Race, Rights and Rebellion
- As published: “Anthropology, Race, and the Making of the Modern World”1
b. Immigration
2 items
- As published: “Contemporary Immigration in the U.S.”
c. Social Stratification
2 items
- As published: “Social Stratification”
d. Gender
2 items
3. Social Problems and Public Policy (2 CU)
14 items
- or: SOCI 2952 Health and Social Justice (SNF Paideia Program Course)
- As published: “Innovation, Regulations, Technology, and Society: Experience from East Asia”
Electives and Cognate Courses
electives · 39 items
- Any 4 courses in Sociology or from other departments that relate to the law (courses outside of this list may be approved at the discretion of the Associate Director or undergraduate chair):Not resolved to a course4
- As published: “American Race: A Philadelphia Story (SNF Paideia Program Course)”
- As published: “Comparative and International Education - Focus on East Asian Education”
- As published: “American Slavery and the Law”1
- As published: “Global Governance and Cooperation: International Education Policy and Practice”
- As published: “Examining the School to Prison Pipeline: Implications of History, Policy, and Race”
- As published: “Bodies, Race and Rights: Sex and Citizenship in Modern American History”
- As published: “Diplomacy in the Americas - The Penn Model OAS Program (SNF Paideia Program Course)”
- As published: “Employment Law: Practical Considerations for Managers”
- As published: “Restorative Justice in the City: History, Theory and Practice (SNF Paideia Program Course)”
- As published: “Health on the urban margins: The experience of health in American cities”
Capstone
1 item
- Capstone on the intersection of law and societyNot resolved to a course1
Honors Requirements
3 items
- 0.5
- As published: “Thesis Workshop II”0.5
- 1
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